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PACKING AND BARRELING MACHINE.

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PAGKING AND BARRBLING MACHINE. NQ. 394,305. Patented Dec. 1l, 1888.

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D. F. SHOUP.

PACKING AND BARRBLING MACHINE.

Patented Deo. 11, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

DANIEL F. SHOUP, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO CARTER SMEDLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKING AND BARRELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,305, dated December l1, 1888.

Application filed January 9, 1888. Serial No.260,l48. (No mocleL) To @ZZ whom it may concern.- lower end ot' the shaft ll is connected a bevel- Be it known that I, DANIEL F. SHOUP, of gear, l-l, which meshes with a corresponding Ludington, in the county ot' Mason and State gear, l5, integral with a sleeve, l5, journaled of Michigan, have invented a new and Imin the uprights lOiot' tramellf). A horizontal 55 proved Packing and Barreling Machine, of lshaft, lo, passes loosel)Y through the sleeve, which the following is a full, clear, and exact which shaft for a portion of itsl length is description. squared or irregularl)v formed, as shown at This invention relates to a machine ar- 1T, to tit the correspoinlinglv-shaped bore of ranged for the packing' of salt, sugar, cement, the sleeve l5, whereby the shaft may be 6o 1o or other like materials in barrels, the object moved longitudinally within the sleeve and of the invention being to provide for the gear, but will necessarily follow any rotative transfer ot' the salt or other material from a l movement of the gear. The frame l0 is propile to the barrels and for the adjustment of vided with dogs 1S, which are driven into the the various parts of the salt-delivery mechfloor in order that the frame ma) be held in 6" a anism to such position relatively to each rigid immovable position. The other end of ot-her as ma)v be required within the packing the shaft lo is supported in bearings that are room without any change of t-he main shaftcarried by a column, 20, which column is in supporting frame. turn supported by a base, 2l, that is provided Reference is to be had to the accompanying with dogs 22, by which it is connected to the 7o 2o drawings, forming a part of this specification, Hoor. .Inst beyond the column 2O the shaft in which similar figures of reference indicate l0 carries a bevel-gear, 23, which gear encorresponding parts in all the views. l gages with a double-faced bevel-gear, 2l, that Figure lis a plan view of my improved is carried by a sleeve, 25, said sleeve being packing and barreling machine. Fig. 2 is an mounted to turn in bearings 25, which ex- 7 5 enlarged sectional detail view representing a tend outward from the column 20.

portion of the revoluble platform upon which The upper section of the gear 2l engages the salt-receiving barrels rest. Fig. 3 is an a bevel-gear, 26, which is carried by a shaft, enlarged detail view illustrating the arrange- 27, journaled in an elevator-head, 2G, of an ment employed for tightening the driving elevator, A, supported to turn on the sleeve 8o 3o belt or chain. Fig. l is a side view of the 25 -by arms 2711. On the shaft 2T there is machine. Fig. 5 isa central longitudinal secmounted a. sprocket-wheel, 2S, which carries tional view representing' the lower portion of l a chain belt, 29, the lower end of the belt pass the elevator-belt and its connections andthe ing over a sprocket-wheel, 30, the shaft of lower portion of the delivery-belt and its conwhich is journaled in arms 3l, (sec Fig. 3,) 85

3 5 nections. Fig. 6 is adetail view of the barrelsaid arms being pivotall)v connected to the supporting disk or platforn1,the standards eX- side walls of a lower hopper, 32, clamping'- tending upward therefrom being shown in secbolts 33 being arranged to pass from the hoption. Fig. 7 is an enlarged central sectional per-walls through circular slots formed in the elevation of the machine; and Fig. 8 is a detail arms 3l, the arrangement being such that by -view, wherein the central standard is shown in swinging the arms downward upon their pivsection, the view being given to' illustrate the otal connection the chain belt 29 may be tight` arrangementof the clutch arranged in connecened, as will be readily understood. The tion with the supporting-rod of the packer chain carries elevator-buckets 3l, which shaft. Fig. 9is a sectional detail view taken on run in troughs 35 and deliver their contents 95 line av .fr of Fig. 5. to a hopper, l0, which is connected to one side In the drawings above referred to, l0 repof the column 20. From the elevator-head resents a supporting-frame, in the upper por- 26 a chute, l0, extends into the hopper l0, tion of which there is jonrnaled a vertical which chute at its outer side is provided with shaft, ll, upon which is loosely mounted a a roller, o, bearing on the edge of the hopper roo 5o pulley, l2, with which the shaft can be held etO. By the construction above described the to revolve by means of a clutch, I3. To the base 2l and parts carried thereby can be adjusted to and from the frame l0, and the clevator A can be swung to extend in any direction from the hopper 40.

Upon the base 2l, I mount a platform, 41, one quarter-section of which is cut away, and in the space so formed I mount a scale-platform, 42, which is connected in the usual manner with a beam, 43, which extends outward from one. side of the column 20. Above the platform 4l, I mount a revoluble platform, 44, which carries four segmental sections, 45, which sections are connected to the main portion of the platform by links 4b. To the under side of the segments 45, I secure rollers 47, which ride upon the upper face of the platform 4l. Y

Above the platform 44, I mount a third platform, 4S, in which there are formed four apertures, 49, this platform 48 being supported by posts 50, which extend upward from the platform 44. In the peripheral edge of the platform 44, I form a number of recesses, 5l, which are engaged by a spring-catch, 52, the catch being so placed as to hold the platform 4S so that its apertures 49 will register with the lower open end of the hopper 40.

In the column 20, I arrange a rod, 54, which is normally7 upheld by a friction-catch, 55, and the upper end of this rod 54, I bend over, as shown best in Fig. 7, this bent-over section serving as the support for a squared or irregularly-formed shaft, 56, which extends down through the corresponding bore of the sleeve andcarries at its lower end apacker, 57, which packer is preferably made in the form of two cones, the apices of which are united.

To the bent-over section 5S of the rod 54, I connect a chain or cord, 59, which extends upward over a sheave, tit), a ring or handle, (il, being connected to the free end of the chain or cord, so that by drawing down upon the handle the rod 54 and the shaft 5G carried thereby will be raised, or by releasing the catch the shaft 56 will drop, so that its packer 57 will enter the barrel beneath the hopper 40, the packer and shaft being shown in this lowered position in Fig. 7.'

To the shaft of the wheels 30,I connect a gear, 62, which engages a pinion, 63, that is mounted upon the shaft of a drum orsprocket-wheel, G4, which said drum or sprocketwheel serves as the support for a chain belt, 65, which carries a number of outwardly and laterally extending teeth, GG, the outer end of the belt being supported by a drum, the shaft of which is mounted in bearings formed in plates G7, said plates being adjustably connected to a timber, GS, so that the tension of the belt may be regulated as desired, similar plates, 70, being connected to the inner end of the timber in position to support the bearings of the drum or wheel G4.

The drum or sprocket-wheel G4 is rigidly connected to its shaft, and the inner end of the shaft is mounted in a sleeve, 7l, to which the approaching plate 70 is secured, the other plate-that is, the one nearer tothe pinion GS-being loosely mounted on the shaft of the drum G4. To the outer end of the sleeve 7l there is connected a lever, 7 2, so that the timber 68 and the parts carried thereby may be thrown upward in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 4, the downward throw ot' the timber being` limited by a bar, 74, which bears against the upper edge of the hopper 32, by which construction and arrangement the belt may be adjusted at any desired angle to the elevator A.

In operation the driving belt or chain 75 passes from the driving-pulley 7 (i to the pulley 12, around which it is wrapped, and then passes to a stationary pulley, which may be located at the opposite side of the room, from which arrangement it will be seen that the frame lO may be shifted toward or from the dri ving-pull ey 7 ll. justed, a proper motion is imparted to the driving-belt to move the chain 99 in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 4, the belt G5 at this time moving in the direction of its arrow and resting upon a pile of salt or material to be packed. As the belts so move, the teeth 6G will cut through the salt and will carry it downward into the hopper 32 to the buckets 34 of the belt 29, which buckets will carry the material upward and into the hopper 40. From thence it will pass into a barrel located directly beneath one of the openings 49, which openings are held in register with the lower open end of the hopper by the spring-catch 52. As the salt or other material passes into the barrel,the packer 57 is permitted to drop into the barrel and is revolved, so as to act to compress the salt. After the salt has been properly compressed the handle (il is grasped and the packer is raised to a position within the hopper 40. The spring-catch 52 is then released, and the platform'44, and with it the platform 48, is turned so that the packed barrel will be moved toward the scale, where it is weighed, the filled barrel being then removed and replaced with an empty one.

As the platforms 44 and 4S are revolved, as above described, all discharge of salt or other material from the hopper will be prevented, owing to the fact that the platform 4S will act as a cut-off, the only openings in said platform being directly over the barrels carried by the platform 44. After a kerf has been cut in the pile of salt or other material the parts are shifted, so that the teeth of the belt 65 will bear upon a new portion, and after a number of kerfs have been cut in the pile the standing walls between the kerfs are broken and a pile formed from the residunm.

Frein the foregoing description it will be understood that the parts carried by the base 2l can be adjusted toward or from the frame l0, while the elevator A may be moved so as to extend at most any desired angle from the hopper 40. This, together with the fact that the frame l0 can be adjusted toward or from The parts having been ad- IOO IIO

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the driving-pulley, provides for the operation of the various parts of the mechanism in almost any desired position relatively one to the other.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Iletters Patentl. In a packing and barreling machine, the combination of a hopper, an elevator emptying into the same, means for operating the elevator, and a rotary packer connected with and operated by the elevator-operating mechanism, substantially as described.

2. In a packing and barreling machine, the combination of a hopper, an elevator emptying into the hopper, a rotary packer, and the elevator and packerdrivingmechanism above the hopper, and around which the elevator is fitted to swing, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a packing and barreling machine, the combination, with a fixed platform provided with a platform-scale, of a movable platform mounted above the fixed platform and provided with segmental roller-supported traps, a hopper, a cut-off arranged in connection therewith, an elevator-belt arranged to deliver the material to the hopper, and a means for driving said elevator-belt, substantially as described.

4. In a packing and barreling machine, the combination, with a frame, 10, of a pulley supported thereby, a driving-belt passing around said pulley, a. driving-.pulley and a guidingpulley, a gear controlled by the n'rst-named pulley, a second gear engaged thereby and supported by a squared or irregularly-formed shaft, an elevator-belt, connections between said belt and the squared or irregularly-formed shaft, whereby the elevator belt or chain is driven, a delivery belt or chain arranged in i connection with the elevator-belt, a hopper, f1 and a cut-off arranged in connection with said hopper, substantially as described. t

5. In a packingI and barreling machine, the combination, with a frame, 10, of a pulley, 12, t carried thereby, a gear, 14, connected to the t pulley, a gear, l5, that is engaged by the gear ll, a shaft, lo', formed with a squared or irregularly-formed section, 17, which passes through the gear I5, a gear, 23, carried by the shaft 16, a double-faced gear, 2i, that s engaged by the gear :23, a gear,26, also engaged l by the double-faced gear, a drum or sprocketwheel, 2S, a bu cket-earrying chain or belt supported thereby, a lower supporting-drum arranged in connection with the belt, a hopper within which the drum revolves, a gear carried by the drum-shaft, a pinion, Uil, engaged by said gear, a chain or belt, 65, carrying teeth (36, connections between said chain or belt and the pinion G3, a sleeve upon which the double-faced gear 2t is mounted, a squared or irregularly-formed shaft passing through said gear, a packer carried by the shaft, a hopper arranged to receive the discharge of the elevator-belt, and a cut-oft' arranged in connection with the hopper, substantially as described.

o'. In a packing and barreling machine, the combination, with a .fixed platform, 2l, provided with a scale-platform, of a revolubhix platform, t4, mounted above the fixed platform and carrying segmental traps, a disk, 4S, formed with apertures connected to the platform att, a hopper arranged above the disk, a packer, 57, a meansfor revolving said packer, a shaft, 5l, which supports the packer-shaft, and a catch arranged in connection with said shaft or rod 5t, substantially as described.

7. In a barreling and packing machine, the combination, with a supportiiig-frame and a hopper carried by the frame, of an elevatorhead pivoted to the frame, a shal't journaled in the said head and provided with a bevelgear, a sleeve fitted to turn in the frame, a double-faced bevel-gear on the sleeve, a longitudinal shaft provided with a bevel gearwheel meshing with the gear on the sleeve, a packer-shaft projecting' through the said sleeve, and means for operating said horizontal shaft, substantially as described.

8. In a barreling and packingmachine, the combination, with a supporting-frame and a hopper carried thereby, of a scale-platform in the base of the frame and a rotary platform above the base, and an apertured platform carried by the rotary platform and arranged below the bottom of the hopper, substantially as herein shown and descrilwd.

uaxmr. r. suovr. Riitnesses:

G. H. BLoDeETr, C. G. WING.

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